Feather trimming.



C. MICHEL.

FEATHER TRIMMING.

APPLlCATION FlLED FEB. B. 1915.

I N VEN TOR WITNESSES:

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FEATHER TRIM-MING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4., 1916.

Application filed February 8, 1915. Serial No. 6,890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MICHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco. in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Feather Trimming, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved feather trimming for the ornamentation of hats, clothes, screens, and other articles of dress or furniture, by which a very ornamental effect can be produced at a comparatively low cost, and which can be cleaned or dyed either by a wet or dry process.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of one form of my improved feather trimming; Figs. 2. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are similar views of other forms thereof; Fig. 7 is a detail diagrammatic View of a stitch used to secure the fibers to a cord; Fig. 8 is a similar view of another stitch used for the same purpose.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the fines or fibers of a feather, which fines or fibers may be taken from feathers of all kinds. In my improved process I first separate the fines or fibers from the quill of the feather, either by, tearing or by cutting them off and these fibers are then assembled in tufts containing from one to twenty or twenty-five flues, the number generally used being from two to twelve. These tufts of fines are attached to a cord 2 in the following manner. The fiues at one end of a tuft are first bent around the cord 2 to form a loop. A thread 3 is first passed around the loop of the fines and is then passed through the loop of the thread thus made, as shown at 4 in Fig. 7 and is then drawn tight to form a knot around the fines. This is repeated two or three times. Thereby the tuft is secured to the cord but is slidable thereon. To secure it immovably upon the cord, the thread is then passed under the cord on the right-hand side and over the cord on the left-hand side and then through the loop and over the cord on the right-hand side and is drawn tight to form a knot around the cord, and this is repeated two or three times when it will be found that the tuft is immovably secured to the cord. The cord 2 used is preferably rough so that the tuft will not slide upon the cord. Said cord, and the ends of the tufts secured thereon, are preferably mclosed within a binding ribbon 6. I

may also, as shown in Fig. 2, secure these tufts upon an elastic cord 7.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the tufts are secured upon a covered wire 8, and, since the wire may stand vertically, the tufts can extend horizontally or otherwise in any direction, long fibers being preferably used in this form of the invention.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the tuft is formed into a loop 5 and both ends of the loop are bent around the cord and secured thereto in the manner above explained, so as to resemble curled feathers. The advantage of this form of the invention is that the curl of the feathers can never straighten out in damp weather.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 colored beads 9 are strung upon the loops.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 6, beads 10, which may be of various colors, are strung upon the cord and interposed between the tufts.

In all of the above forms of the invention the tufts may be varied in color as desired.

My invention possesses utility not only because a very ornamental trimming is provided at a comparatively small expense, but also from the fact that loose fines or fibers of feathers can be utilized in an advantageous manner, not heretofore known. The only manner in which they have been utilized heretofore is to make pompons, or to glue them on a band, a very perishable mode of attachment. An article by my invention can be cleaned, either by wet or dry cleaning, without the least injury.

- I claim 2- A feather trimming comprising a cord,

feather fibers arranged in tufts, oneend of,

each tuft being looped around the cord, and a thread knotted around the loop of the tuft and then around the cord, said arranged at suitable intervals along the cord.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES MICHEL.

\Vitnesses:

F. M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

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